IndicatorCRICosta RicaLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.93rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)62rank #46Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.79rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.76rank #10Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.92rank #18Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)60.8rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.93rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.61rank #11Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)87rank #23Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)64.8rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)68.6rank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.94rank #22Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.86rank #8Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.81rank #7Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)76.8rank #34Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)49.1%rank #7Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.91rank #18Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)11.5%rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.4%rank #106Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,176.9rank #34Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table96,263.8rank #107Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-0.53%rank #66Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT53.9%rank #123Data 2026 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5.4%rank #34Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)102.9Brank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)19,970.1rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)28,443.4rank #66Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)23,417.2rank #68Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)28.6%rank #38Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.8%rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)13.6%rank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)22.9%rank #24Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2.7rank #84Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)19.9%rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)-0.07%rank #12Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT57.6%rank #121Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.82%rank #86Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.34%rank #59Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)507.8rank #60Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)13.5%rank #69Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.77rank #41Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)71.5%rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)6.8%rank #123Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT6.5%rank #117Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)23.4%rank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)19.9%rank #134Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT18.9%rank #129Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)38.8%rank #66Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)32.6%rank #90Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)26.43Brank #76Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)27.48Brank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)99.8%rank #27Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)98.8%rank #44Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data1rank #51Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data3,061.1rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF99%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)6.9%rank #86Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)9.1rank #46Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)81rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)24rank #21Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF7.5%rank #32Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)2.7rank #57Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)17.7rank #101Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)14.8rank #59Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)7.9%rank #13Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF9%rank #14Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)8.1rank #100Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)9.3rank #42Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF10.4rank #79Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)2.5%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF1.8%rank #11Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)97.4%rank #17Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5.3%rank #22Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)16.3rank #39Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)8.8rank #114Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)106.4%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)104.8%rank #37Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)121.8%rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)55%rank #56Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)10rank #153Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.3rank #176Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP34.1rank #88Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP0.2rank #88Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)5.15Mrank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)0.45%rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP85.3rank #41Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP5,354.2rank #128Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP45rank #176Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)79.7%rank #48Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data8.76Mrank #114Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data1.7rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)99.8%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber74.8%rank #8Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0.7%rank #76Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber12.1%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)2,381.7rank #39Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)59.1%rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch3.3rank #68Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber24.2rank #2Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data100%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)34.2%rank #65Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch17rank #63Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)99.4%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)99.9%rank #2Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)1,121rank #87Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)32,140.3rank #119Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)3.1%rank #59Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)26.6%rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)31.4%rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)12,168rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)3,807rank #67Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)105.1rank #111Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)11.9rank #61Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)136rank #39Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)1,999.8rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR1,820rank #85Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)0.8%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)46%rank #134Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)23.3rank #70Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.98rank #47Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.22rank #50Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)45.5rank #3Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)17.7rank #70Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.83rank #49Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.68rank #54Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)87.2%rank #71Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data7.4rank #4Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.77rank #14Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #33Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.05rank #81Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR36,395rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR367rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT18.4%rank #93Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data158rank #19Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #46Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.8rank #44Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.9rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.2rank #12Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.7rank #14Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #12Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.4rank #41Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP142rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.1rank #21Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5rank #39Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7rank #61Data 2026 · Status unspecified